arising-out-of-that-answer

Updated: June 12, 2025

Every afternoon, before I entered the House to take my place at question-time, my secretary insisted on taking me through the answers which he had prepared for my recitation; and we also discussed the line of action to be pursued if I were cornered by questions of the "arising-out-of-that-answer" order.

Ian Hay - The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton